Buckeye Butterfly / Junonia coenia
Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Junonia
-The caterpillar is dark and has yellow stripes and dark spines.
-The hindwing also has 2 eyespots; the upper one is largest and contains a magenta crescent. The underside of the hindwing is brown or tan in the wet season (summer) form and rose-red in the dry season (fall) form.
Special Adaptations:
-The Buckeye Butterfly widespread and easily recognized by its prominent eyespots that probably help protect them against inexperience birds
Adult males patrol a territory and wait for females to fly overhead.
-Because adults can’t over winter in cold climates, large scale southern migrations of Buckeye butterflies can be found along the East coast of America in the Autumn. Adults live for a little over a week. Dark green eggs are laid on figwort and plantain plants.
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